Neurological Impact of Impaired Parent/Child Attachment CD

A rancorous divorce undermines the healthy development of childrenin a number of ways and provides a risk factor for later problems inadulthood, such as physical or mental illness or addiction, and futurerelationship problems. Dr. Mat will discuss the necessary conditionsfor the healthy development of the brain circuits of emotional selfregulation,impulse control, and motivation in the presence of attuned,non-stressed, emotionally available, and reliably available parentingcaregivers.

Gabor Mat, MD is a physician and author. His four booksare all Canadian bestsellers, published internationallyin over fifteen languages. The most recent, In the Realm ofHungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, has beenawarded the Hubert Evans prize for literary non-fiction.Gabor was for twenty years a family practitioner and for seven yearsserved as medical coordinator of the Palliative Care Unit at VancouverHospital, caring for the terminally ill. For twelve years he worked inVancouvers Downtown Eastside with patients challenged by hard coredrug addiction, mental illness and HIV. His other interests encompasschildhood developmental issues, adolescent mental health, andparenting issues, as articulated in his books Scattered, on attention deficitdisorder on which he has a unique perspective, and Hold On To Your Kids:Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers.